*Hope Credit Union - Terry, MS

Started in 1995 as a small church project with big dreams, Hope is a community development credit union that helps low- and moderate-income people in the nation's poorest region build a solid financial foundation for a better future. Since 1994 Hope and its sponsor, Hope Enterprise Corporation, have generated more than $1.7 billion in financing and brought economic opportunities to more than 400,000 people in economically distressed areas across the Mid South.